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Grade 12, University Preparation
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Canadian and World Studies
for cotton for new textile factories in England have on slavery in the American South?” “What were working conditions like in nineteenth- century factories?” “What factors led to the emergence of consumer protection laws?”
D1.4 analyse key political events, issues, and/or developments in various regions during this period, and assess their impact (e.g., with reference to revolutionary and imperial governments in France; the Congress of Vienna; the Berlin Conference; the Treaty of Nanking; the Treaty of Kanagawa; the Continental System; the unification of Germany and Italy; the emancipation of the serfs in Russia and slaves in several European empires as well as the United States; land reform, such as enclosure laws in Britain or land tax reform in Japan; European imperial expansion in Africa and Asia)
Sample questions: “What was the ‘Scramble for Africa’? What factors contributed to the expansion of European colonies in Africa during this period? What criteria might you use to rank the consequences of this development for Africa and Africans?” “What impact did the enclosure movement have on poor people in rural Great Britain?”
D2. Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation
FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change
By the end of this course, students will:
D2.1 assess the impact of significant revolutions and rebellions on various societies during this period (e.g., the French Revolution, the White Lotus Rebellion, the July Revolution, the Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, revolutions in Europe in 1848, the Satsuma Rebellion, the Taiping Rebellion, the Haitian Revolution, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the secession of the Confederacy in the United States, the North-West Rebellion)
Sample questions: “What changes arose as a result of the French Revolution? Why was the First Republic short lived? To what extent did France return to pre-revolutionary social and/ or political practices under Napoleon?” “How important was resistance to colonialism as a factor in rebellions in different parts of the world during this period?”
D2.2 assess the impact of war in various countries and/or regions during this period (e.g., the Xhosa War, the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, the Greek War of Independence, the Opium Wars, the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the
Boshin War, the Franco-Prussian War, the Russo- Turkish War, the Anglo-Zulu Wars, the Boer Wars)
Sample questions: “To what extent was the First Sino-Japanese War a turning point in the rela- tionship between Japan and China? What were some of the foreign responses to this war?” “What impact did the War of the Pacific have on Chilean, Peruvian, and Bolivian society?”
D2.3 assess the impact of reform movements in various countries or regions during this period (e.g., labour, abolitionist, suffrage, women’s rights, socialist, or nationalist movements; movements advocating public education, child welfare, or prison reform)
Sample questions: “Why do you think the nineteenth century was a period of education reform in the West? What were some changes that resulted from this movement? What impact did the movement have on educational reform in India and Japan?” “Why did unions develop during this period? Where were they most active?” “What was the significance of the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement
in Japan?”
D2.4 analyse key issues and/or developments relating to religion in various societies during this period, with a focus on whether religion was a force for unity or division (e.g., with reference to the relationships and conflicts that emerged between Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity in India; Christian missionaries and Zulus in South Africa; Catholicism in South America; the division created by the government between Shinto and Buddhism in Japan; revivalism and the growth
of Protestant denominations in the United States)
Sample questions: “What were some religious conflicts dating from this period? Do any of them persist in the present day?” “What does your investigation reveal about why religion can create tensions between different cultures and groups?”
D2.5 analyse gender roles and relations in various societies during this period, with a particular focus on how traditional gender relations were challenged or reinforced in these societies (e.g., with reference to ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft, Olympe de Gouges, Maria Eugenia Echenique, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, or Sojourner Truth; the women’s suffrage movement; the role of upper-class women in salons; women in the labour force; legal and social restrictions on women and challenges to these restrictions; views such as separate spheres, ryosai kenbo)
Sample questions: “What were some of the main legal restrictions on women in most regions
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